Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Decatur Auto Center, Inc.

Miller, Judge.

As the result of a dispute over the proceeds in its corporate checking account, Decatur Auto Center, Inc. sued Wachovia Bank, N.A. for conversion. The trial court granted Decatur Auto’s motion for summary judgment, awarding $30,500 in principal and $12,757.75 in attorney fees to Decatur Auto. In this appeal, Wachovia argues that the trial court erred in finding conversion. As conversion was not the proper cause of action to recover funds missing from a standard checking account, we reverse.

On June 3, 1999, Decatur Auto issued a check drawn on its corporate checking account in…